"Master, you don't know that the Xie and Ying families have their reasons for doing this."
Then Chu Yuan talked about why the two families wanted to exchange marriages.
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In the capital, Yan Guangyi and his wife were whispering to each other, and Yan Cheng, who was far away in Wuding, also heard about the interesting stories between the Xie and Ying families.
Although Yan Chengren was far away from the capital, there was a caravan that had just returned from the capital. There were many smart people in the caravan, and they had heard all the gossip in the capital, so he got the news not much later than his parents.
The story of the Xie and Ying families sounded like a novel to Yan Cheng.
The Prime Minister's family had a script of the real and fake young master. Who could have imagined that among the Prime Minister's servants there was a spy planted by political enemies, who replaced the Prime Minister's newly born grandson more than ten years ago.
The imperial examination cheating case implicated the Prime Minister's political enemy, who was behind the Dark Hand. Knowing that he would never see the Prime Minister change his attitude again after his death, that person deliberately revealed the child-swapped incident in front of the Prime Minister, making the Prime Minister so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.
There was more than just the Prime Minister at the scene at the time. There were other officials watching nearby. Within half a day, the news that the Prime Minister's family had their child replaced spread throughout the capital.
After waking up, the Prime Minister immediately ordered people to find the real grandson. Fortunately, the political enemy was dead, but there were still people who knew the truth alive. After some investigation, they found the real young master whose parents had both passed away and who ran a bookstore in a prefecture in the south.
Seeing that the real young master looked very similar to the Prime Minister when he was young, the man confirmed the real young master's identity and quickly brought him to the capital.
When the Prime Minister saw his grandson who looked like him, he couldn't help but burst into tears. As they were a generation apart, he only recognized blood relatives and not people, so he confirmed the identity of the real young master on the first day.
However, the real young master's biological parents prefer the fake young master who was raised by them, and are indifferent to the real young master.
The fake young master had an engagement, and the story of the real and fake young masters spread throughout the city. The girl came to ask her daughter who she would marry. The Prime Minister wanted her grandson to marry her, but the biological parents wanted the child they had raised for more than ten years to marry her.
After much arguing, the girl disliked the complicated environment of the Xie family and decided not to marry.
The biological parents resented the young master for ruining their beloved son's marriage, so they turned around and found a marriage for him that looked good on the surface. By the time the Prime Minister and the young master found out, the engagement letter had been changed.
Also engaged at the same time was the young master's younger sister, Xie Ke, whose husband was the son of the Marquis of Haining.
It was Marquis Haining who requested this marriage first. Initially, the Xie couple disagreed, thinking that the Marquis Haining's son was just like his father, neither talented in literature nor in martial arts, and was totally unsuitable for their daughter.
When the matter of the real and fake young master came to light, Marquis Haining overheard Xie's father say that he wanted to find a seemingly good marriage for the real young master.
He decisively recommended himself, saying that he could marry his niece to the real young master, as long as his daughter married his son.
After returning home, Xie's father discussed the matter with Xie's mother and they felt that it was a good idea. The Haining Marquis' Mansion was only glamorous on the surface, but in reality, it had long lost its glory and its decline was inevitable.
Marquis Haining is in such a state, let alone his younger brother, so Marquis Haining's niece must not be that good either, and she is just the right match for their biological son who came back from a remote place.
As for my daughter marrying the unskillful and incompetent Prince of Haining...
Xie's mother only hesitated for a moment before accepting the marriage. How could her cold-hearted daughter compare to her caring and beloved son?
In this way, the Xie couple and the Marquis of Haining became relatives.
The Ying family's script was one of family revival, sisterly love, and selflessness. Neither the Marquis of Haining nor the second branch had any girls of marriageable age, so the only one who could marry was the third branch.
The marriage between the Xie and Ying families is a good thing. The Xie family can help the Ying family, and the deeper the connection between the two families, the better. Marquis Haining is determined to promote these two marriages, and even if the third branch is unwilling, it has no choice.
With pressure from Marquis Haining, the third house had to agree.
Then there is the question of personnel selection.
Originally, the eldest daughter of the Ying family was engaged to Yan Zhuo, and she was two years older than the real young master. She should not have been chosen, but her younger sister of the right age should have been chosen.
But when the second girl heard that the real young master came back from a remote place, like a country bumpkin, she was even more terrible than her future brother-in-law, the cripple, and she refused to marry far away and even wanted to hang herself.
The eldest girl has always doted on her younger sister and didn't want her to die, so she could only say with tears in her eyes that she would marry into the Xie family.
In the end, the Ying family broke off the engagement with the Yan family and got engaged to the Xie family instead.
“What a pity.”
After listening to the story, Yan Cheng rested his chin on his hand and looked out the window at the dancing clouds in the blue sky. He said, "What a pity," and it was not clear whether he was talking about Yan Su, Miss Ying, or the relationship between the two.
"I don't know how my cousin is doing now, so I'll give him the few ancient books I collected earlier."
When the two families lived together, Yan Cheng and Yan Su developed a certain relationship. Unable to bear the thought of Yan Su being sad, Yan Cheng wanted to comfort him by giving him something he liked.
Giving only ancient books was obviously not enough, so Yan Cheng went to the warehouse and put a lot of things to add to the gift list.
After sending the things out, Yan Cheng picked up his pen and continued practicing calligraphy. After writing a few big characters, his hand paused for a moment, and he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not received letters from Feng Guang and Kang Jing for a long time.
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